GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| trance | stupor |